Re: ink flow set up and manipulation help

Hi,

Because the ink flows are closely integrated with the body's surface and its motion and because they flow neatly over rocks in 3D space, I suspect most of this animation is done in a 3D program using very good fluid dynamics. (Maya Unlimited, for example)

If I were to attempt something like this in AE, I think a lot of planning and storyboarding would be the first order of business. Once the main character was filmed or animated, one might then set up a cloud tank to shoot practical ink drops from specific angles with a clear idea of where each drop was to be placed in the film.

Then when compositing the ink drops, one would expect to do a great deal of masking, using many, many layers to carefully blend it all together.

But as I mentioned above, I don't think this sort of animation is a job for AE.

Lars